long time back I had sent the photograph of an orchid from andaman. I am repeating the link.
https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#search/orchid+from+Andaman+for+ID/11f0252204e7dbf0 <https://mail.google.com/mail/?hl=en&shva=1#search/orchid+from+Andaman+for+ID/11f0252204e7dbf0>Satishji, lovely photograph! ak On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Lets see, I would love to come to this place. People have been sharing > so many orchid pics from this place. Dr. Sathish was also mentioning > about the area with high orchid diversity. > Regards > Pankaj > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It might be Aerides as you say. I have earlier posted the pictures of > > Aerides crispum seen during the same visit.........they were abundant. > > Pankaj ji if you can plan a visit during end May I would like to > accompany > > you. I have spotted it in Amboli as well as Amba ghat. > > Dr Phadke > > > > On 23 January 2011 17:44, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> In the first pic, you have another orchid, what is that? Aerides? > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > Smithsonia viridiflora(Dalzell) C.J.Saldanha 1974 > >> > Syn. Aerides dalzelliana Syn. Gastrochilus dalzelliana > >> > > >> > Amboli flora is best in monsoons but in summer these epiphytic orchids > >> > are > >> > treat to your eyes. > >> > This orchid has very small flowers 1.5 cm in clusters. These were > >> > observed > >> > hardly 1-2 feet from the grounds.Amboi is a hill station in > Maharashtra > >> > in > >> > western ghats with rich biodiversity. > >> > Dr Satish Phadke. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >> > >> > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Research Associate > >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >> Department of Habitat Ecology > >> Wildlife Institute of India > >> Post Box # 18 > >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (A NEW BLOG HAS BEEN ADDED ON 3 SEPT 2010.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!